unhuman
lacking human attributes: The unhuman figures in his earlier work were not well received.
of a quality or power beyond what is human; superhuman: Her hands clenched the chair with unhuman strength.
not a member of the human species: Of our unhuman relatives, I love the mountain gorillas best.
Origin of unhuman
1Words that may be confused with unhuman
- inhuman, unhuman
Words Nearby unhuman
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How to use unhuman in a sentence
The parents then kept watch, and saw the devil near her in a monstrous unhuman form.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanThis was the foul revenge that Rogue Rogan had planned, the evil death he had plotted with his unhuman companions.
Runaway | William MorrisonFor him the perfect woman is the most unhuman; he admires the woolless sheep and the scentless flower.
Lola Montez | Edmund B. d'AuvergneThere was something alien and unhuman, something uncannily disturbing, behind the Hindoo's stare.
The Door into Infinity | Edmond HamiltonAwe sank coldly through me at memory of that colossal land where I was pygmy indeed, an insolent human intruder upon the unhuman.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. Ingram
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